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between the lateral line and the root of the pectorals, a part of it 

 being on the operculum. Coloration silvery blue above, silvery 

 white below. 



One specimen, five inches long, of this well-marked species was 

 got at Katow, New Guinea. The teeth are so very fine that it is 

 difficult even with a lens to detect them. 



59. — Caranx laticaudis. 

 Plate X., fig. 2. 



Fine viliform teeth on the jaws, vomer, and tongue. Height of 

 body two and one-third in the total length. Head four and 

 a-half in the same. Snout rounded, and distant from the eye 

 more than the diameter of the orbit. The maxillarv reaches to 

 the vertical from the anterior margin of the orbit. Crest keeled. 

 Breast naked. The lateral line is slightly curved, the straight 

 and keeled portion commencing at about the vertical from the 

 posterior fourth of the soft dorsal fin. Dorsal and anal fins low 

 and uniform, the first five rays of each a little elongate. Pectoral 

 fin one-third of the entire length of the fish. Caudal fin wide- 

 spreading, and exceeding in height the whole body. Coloration 

 silvery, darker on the back than below. The dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal fins are slightly blackish. No opercular spot. 



One specimen, twelve inches long, of this handsome fish was 

 taken in Hall Sound. 



Both this and the preceding species will fall into the sub- 

 division of the genus Caranx, which Giinther (Cat Fish, Brit. 

 Mus., vol. 2, p. 424) commences with the species Lioglossus. 



60. — Caranx Papueksis. 



Plate X.,fig. 3. 



D. 8^, A. 2^. 



Viliform teeth on the upper jaw, with an outer series of larger 



and somewhat recurved ones ; those on the lower jaw in a single 



series, small, and rather recurved. Teeth on the vomer. The 



height of the body is equal to a third, and the length of the head 



